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Antunes, Nuno D, Bettencourt, Luís M A and Zurek, Wojciech H (1999) Vortex string formation in a 3D U(1) temperature quench. Physical Review Letters, 82 (14). 2824 -2827. ISSN 0031-9007
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.2824
Abstract
We report the first large scale numerical study of the dynamics of a second order phase transition caused by a gradual decrease of temperature in a U(1) λφ4 theory in three spatial dimensions. We present a detailed account of the dynamics of the fields and focus on vortex string formation as a function of the quench rate. The results are found in good agreement with the theory of defect formation proposed by Kibble and Zurek.
Item Type: | Article |
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Schools and Departments: | School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy |
Depositing User: | EPrints Services |
Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2012 19:19 |
Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2019 20:48 |
URI: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/20047 |
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